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john boehner is signaling what he wants is to get an agreement that all the spending and all of the bush tax cuts will simply continue on after january 1st. >> eliot: i hate to sound like a broken record, but i completely agree with you. the president gains strength by waiting. i've written this. you've written this. the bush tax cuts expire of their own accord and the president is sitting there with a tax increase on the middle class but then he turns to the republicans and says lower tax taxes, and how can they vote against that. there were twin scourges that were predictedded by the deficit hawks. one, we would have rampant inflation if we had continued deficit spending, and the other that interest rates would necessarily skyrocket. neither has happened. >> quite the opposite. the yield on a ten-year treasury is below 2%. the dollar is basically a safe harbor for global sabers the united states and elsewhere because a lot of other places around the world are much more uncertain than the united states. so it is possible for the treasury to borrow at rock-bottom rates right now. there i
john boehner is signaling what he wants is to get an agreement that all the spending and all of the bush tax cuts will simply continue on after january 1st. >> eliot: i hate to sound like a broken record, but i completely agree with you. the president gains strength by waiting. i've written this. you've written this. the bush tax cuts expire of their own accord and the president is sitting there with a tax increase on the middle class but then he turns to the republicans and says lower...
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but my sense is that john boehner would like to fight these issues just on economics. he doesn't want to deal with the social stuff. he views that as baggage. if boehner had his way we would be fighting just over taxes. he thinks he has the upper hand on that one. >> but they're still wedded to supply-side economics. it's just as a nutty idea as creationism. it's just a different context. every reputable economist will tell that you it doesn't work but they cannot breakaway. boehner seems to be trying a little bit but i don't buy this whole thing of closing the loopholes and having the upper 1% sacrifice a little buttnier money is moving us closer to equity. but i think boehner is nudging closer on that issue. >> eliot: i don't know that he equates supply side with creationism. i think supply side is nutty and creationism is three steps beyond it. the democratic party scored a huge win. the senate races were a huge win. but it seems to me there is not a coherent narrative coming out of the white house, and they came out and spoke on same sex issues, the healthcare act,
but my sense is that john boehner would like to fight these issues just on economics. he doesn't want to deal with the social stuff. he views that as baggage. if boehner had his way we would be fighting just over taxes. he thinks he has the upper hand on that one. >> but they're still wedded to supply-side economics. it's just as a nutty idea as creationism. it's just a different context. every reputable economist will tell that you it doesn't work but they cannot breakaway. boehner seems...
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of and adding to the friendly mood the president wished speaker john banor a happy birthday. >> we didn't know how many candles were needed. >> yeah, right. >> we want to wish him a happy birth day. >> thank you. thank you. >> that is so nice when they play together nicely. and wall street thought it was nice too the dow shot up 100 points immediately following the meeting and it closed up 45 after as we all know what was a really rocky week for the stock market. joining me now to talk about what else we can expect beside is birthday cakes is the political scholar at the american entterprize institute coming to us from washington d.c. norm pleased to welcome you back in the war room. >> it's a pleasure. >> maybe you will got i a saving from the fiscal cliff too. who knows. >> i didn't get free contraceptives, it's just terrible. >> you didn't get any free stuff from the government? you were ripped off. >> i'm iting you. i -- i'm telling you i feel bereft. >> let's try to make you feel bet are by entering into the wonk zone where you feel comfortable. let's start with this whole meeting. w
of and adding to the friendly mood the president wished speaker john banor a happy birthday. >> we didn't know how many candles were needed. >> yeah, right. >> we want to wish him a happy birth day. >> thank you. thank you. >> that is so nice when they play together nicely. and wall street thought it was nice too the dow shot up 100 points immediately following the meeting and it closed up 45 after as we all know what was a really rocky week for the stock market....
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. ♪ it's the john and pam show ♪ john and pam show ♪ >> stephanie: good morning john and pam show. >> caller: good morning. >> caller: good morning, baby. >> aah. >> caller: i don't know if you're having it out here there, but we have groups setting up tables in front a couple of post offices. they've got obama painted up as hitler, and they're taking signatures to impeach him. >> stephanie: based on what now? >> caller: come of it is over--is over what happened at benghazi. some of it is coming down to that they just don't want him in office. >> you can't impeach somebody just because you don't want them in office. >> stephanie: these two groups are at cross purposes. people want to secede and they don't want obama. they need to work that out within themselves. >> caller: they've got these signs, i'm so upset. these tables, like john said, obama dressed as hitler, and they have 9/11/2012. i told john i want to go back today and maybe take some pictures. >> stephanie: oh dear. >> caller: but, steph, you know, i saw it. as a nation we have we haven't grown up. >> every state in the nat
. ♪ it's the john and pam show ♪ john and pam show ♪ >> stephanie: good morning john and pam show. >> caller: good morning. >> caller: good morning, baby. >> aah. >> caller: i don't know if you're having it out here there, but we have groups setting up tables in front a couple of post offices. they've got obama painted up as hitler, and they're taking signatures to impeach him. >> stephanie: based on what now? >> caller: come of it is over--is...
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. >> when we come back, the president has a bit of bro-mans going on with john boehner. >> my understanding is material is speaker boehner's birthday. >> i we will talk to senator sanders when we come back. and the elbow of the day of i have to be honest, it's ridiculous today. good luck tryinginging to guess. when alea was born i definitely was not prepared. i just asked myself, "am i doing all that i can, am i doing the best that i can for her?" my whole family was so thrilled and so excited. it was just the start of a wonderful journey. i feel lucky every single day that i have my parents, i have my grandparents and that alea has grandparents and great-grandparents. sometimes they'll joke around and they'll say, " how's our baby, how's our baby?" and she's almost like this collective family baby. the fact that all of these generations can live together happily and get to know each other and learn from each other is really incredible. my mom was diagnosed with type-1 diabetes when she was 15. when she was first diagnosed they didn't even have any blood sugar monitor. people really didn't
. >> when we come back, the president has a bit of bro-mans going on with john boehner. >> my understanding is material is speaker boehner's birthday. >> i we will talk to senator sanders when we come back. and the elbow of the day of i have to be honest, it's ridiculous today. good luck tryinginging to guess. when alea was born i definitely was not prepared. i just asked myself, "am i doing all that i can, am i doing the best that i can for her?" my whole family was...
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. >> when we come back, the president has a bit of bro-mans going on with john boehner. >> my understanding is material is speaker boehner's birthday. >> i we will talk to senator sanders when we come back. and the elbow of the day of i have to be honest, it's ridiculous today. good luck tryinging (vo) now, it's your turn. (vo) connect with the young turks with cenk uygur. >> it's go time. >> he went the and talked to his donors. he thinks president obama won the election and we have stap of it. >> the president's captain capain did was focus on certain members of his base coalition given extraordinary financial gifts from the government and then work very aggressively to turn them out to vote. >> all those gifts he gave the constituencies. ly hissed hispanics blacks, young voters specific young voters getting cont cention for free. wonder who his views on younger voters let alone women voters and he had this jab. >> what the president did is he gave them twoa thing, one he gave them a big gift on inigration with the dream act amnesty program. number two put in place obamacare which basical
. >> when we come back, the president has a bit of bro-mans going on with john boehner. >> my understanding is material is speaker boehner's birthday. >> i we will talk to senator sanders when we come back. and the elbow of the day of i have to be honest, it's ridiculous today. good luck tryinging (vo) now, it's your turn. (vo) connect with the young turks with cenk uygur. >> it's go time. >> he went the and talked to his donors. he thinks president obama won the...
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john boehner ruled it out completely. so it is definitely an escape hatch. >> bill: i've heard talk around washington male raise it up to a million and get enough republican votes. >> could be the way. >> bill: jake, great to see you. thanks for coming in. jake from politico. politico.com. follow him and all of the other good guys at politico. we'll be right back. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." it's one box with hundreds of possibilities. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. in what world do potatoes, bacon and cheese add up to 100 calories? your world. ♪ ♪ [ whispers ] real bacon... creamy cheese... 100 calories... [ chef ] ma'am [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. [ forsythe ] we don't just come up here for the view up in alaska. it's the cleanest, clearest water. we find the best sweetest crab for red lobster that we can find. [ male announcer ] hurry in to red lobster's crabfest! the only time of year you can savor 5 succulent crab entrees all under 20 dollars. like a half-pound of t
john boehner ruled it out completely. so it is definitely an escape hatch. >> bill: i've heard talk around washington male raise it up to a million and get enough republican votes. >> could be the way. >> bill: jake, great to see you. thanks for coming in. jake from politico. politico.com. follow him and all of the other good guys at politico. we'll be right back. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." it's one box with hundreds of possibilities. [ woman...
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so what does general john allen have to do with this? >> as kelley and general john allen have been linked in an inappropriate relationship with communications. the f.b.i. agent she contacted to kick off the investigation he sent kelly topless photos of himself and went to congress when he felt the agency didn't act fast enough. >> what are these guys doing? i think the more important question is why do we even know about any of this stuff? why was any of this investigated in the first place? we explain why jill kelly who was asked about these anonymous emails sent to her in the first place, she asked a friend in the f.b.i. to look into it. here's a quote: >> cenk: that's apparently paula broad well sending these messages no one anonymously to jill kelley. where's the threat? where's the crime. why is the f.b.i. literally making a national case out of this. we live in a surveillance state. this is insanity. the source continues: >> cenk: but there's no threats. why is the f.b.i. doing this case which then goes into their most private ema
so what does general john allen have to do with this? >> as kelley and general john allen have been linked in an inappropriate relationship with communications. the f.b.i. agent she contacted to kick off the investigation he sent kelly topless photos of himself and went to congress when he felt the agency didn't act fast enough. >> what are these guys doing? i think the more important question is why do we even know about any of this stuff? why was any of this investigated in the...
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but john, so think about that. all of those people crushing the airports and trying to get through security but john pistol assures us we're ready for you. >> tsa will be fully staffed and prepared for the high volume of passengers this holiday season. >> do you believe it? >> bill: uh, no. you know why? because that's the time when people fly who never fly otherwise and a lot of them have never been through security line and they don't know they have to take their laptop out. they don't know they have to take their shoes off. they don't know they have to take all of the crap out of their pockets. i don't know how many people go through and then they come back, they have more stuff in their pockets, right? they don't take it all out and then they don't know they have to take their liquids out and they can't have the bottle of water or the great big size shampoo. you get all of those amateur flyers, i guess. >> like peter ogborn finished the begin before he walked through security. >> bill: exactly. because you can'
but john, so think about that. all of those people crushing the airports and trying to get through security but john pistol assures us we're ready for you. >> tsa will be fully staffed and prepared for the high volume of passengers this holiday season. >> do you believe it? >> bill: uh, no. you know why? because that's the time when people fly who never fly otherwise and a lot of them have never been through security line and they don't know they have to take their laptop out....
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>> john: right on. what is your take on john mccain's role he has given himself in this investigation? >> he has gotten himself involved in a way that is very active, i think is the only nice way to say it. he has taken on a role as chief antagonist in the white house about this. and it has put him out even greater than those in his own party, the usual trio is mccain, graham and joe lieberman doesn't exist on this. and you have the senator from georgia saying he is not ready for the water gate style hearings on this. >> john: i get your impression from your colleagues on this the counter conventional wisdom seems to be this is john mccain and lindsay graham who are not exactly beloved by their own party, exploiting benghazi to their own eminnocence. >> john mccain is obviously a candidate for president, and i'm not sure jumping up and down on this one issue or any issue would increase his eminence or prominence in a major way, but he from the get-go has been very, very involved in libya stuff in genera
>> john: right on. what is your take on john mccain's role he has given himself in this investigation? >> he has gotten himself involved in a way that is very active, i think is the only nice way to say it. he has taken on a role as chief antagonist in the white house about this. and it has put him out even greater than those in his own party, the usual trio is mccain, graham and joe lieberman doesn't exist on this. and you have the senator from georgia saying he is not ready for...
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john r. allen. i mean you know, this whole thing -- i gotta tell you and i've been criticized for it. i saw some story this morning. oh, the liberal bill press says america has to grow up and get over its victorian kind of thinking about sex scandals but i honestly believe that. this is nothing but a giant love triangle. it is a classic case of a guy in power who is -- who is there for attractive -- who is therefore attractive to some women or some men. people in power celebrities are always surrounded by those who are sexually attracted to them and people in -- men -- particularly men in power love it. they love the attention and they easily fall for the temptation. it happens all the time. they love this. being the focus of so much adoring attention. they go out. petraeus, i'm sure not the first general. not the first politician, not the first man in power the first celebrity to have an affair. but for this to blow up into some national scandal or seen as some reason why petraeus has to resign, i
john r. allen. i mean you know, this whole thing -- i gotta tell you and i've been criticized for it. i saw some story this morning. oh, the liberal bill press says america has to grow up and get over its victorian kind of thinking about sex scandals but i honestly believe that. this is nothing but a giant love triangle. it is a classic case of a guy in power who is -- who is there for attractive -- who is therefore attractive to some women or some men. people in power celebrities are always...
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john o 'brennan is also a possibility. investigators are asking for an investigation however how the whole issue has been handled and why it's coming to light now. the chief of the homeland security committee has questions. >> it just doesn't add up that the f.b.i. would be carrying on this type of investigation without bringing it to the president or the highest levels of the white house. >> it doesn't seem to be partisan. senator dianne feinstein in charge of the senate intelligence committee is curious why she found out something like this from media irinquiries and because it could affect national security, pertinent lawmakers should have known in advance. a woman named jane kelly was being harassed by email and brought them into the f.b.i. office. they looked into the emails and found a relationship between broadwell and petraeus. no breach of national security, even though petraeus was advised to resign. we'll be back with more after the break. crazy monday. we'll see you on the other side. ♪ stay tuned for the ans
john o 'brennan is also a possibility. investigators are asking for an investigation however how the whole issue has been handled and why it's coming to light now. the chief of the homeland security committee has questions. >> it just doesn't add up that the f.b.i. would be carrying on this type of investigation without bringing it to the president or the highest levels of the white house. >> it doesn't seem to be partisan. senator dianne feinstein in charge of the senate...
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if that can't be done, senator john mccain suggested sunday the u.s. send president bill clinton to help freshet peace since he has hands-on experience in the middle east. so far the u.n. secretary general, the french foreign minister and israeli representatives are trying to come to a resolution along with egyptian negotiators in cairo. hamas is saying that israel can stop the fighting simply by agreeing to hamas' demands. they're claiming israel is begging for a truce. a claim that israel vehemently denies. in other lighter news this morning, let's turn back to u.s. political news where representative alan west is still buried in denial. he won his bid for a recount of early ballots in st. lucie county but he is still losing when it comes to keeping his congressional seat in florida's district 18. in fact, democratic patrick murphy picked up some 300 more votes over the weekend bringing his total to about 2,000. west is still refusing to concede the election saying that he plans to review the result and additional data in order to decide how to move
if that can't be done, senator john mccain suggested sunday the u.s. send president bill clinton to help freshet peace since he has hands-on experience in the middle east. so far the u.n. secretary general, the french foreign minister and israeli representatives are trying to come to a resolution along with egyptian negotiators in cairo. hamas is saying that israel can stop the fighting simply by agreeing to hamas' demands. they're claiming israel is begging for a truce. a claim that israel...
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president obama is lucky to have john boehner on the other side that have table because john bainer is not a crazy person. and he can work a deal. right now he simply does not have the votes. but -- again, the president does have to lead here. he has to bring something to the table. he has to be willing to give some that so that john boehner can bring his people to the table, too. but he can deliver. he's been mischaracterized i think. it's convenient for the white house to say, oh, boehner can't get his people behind him. boehner always gets his people behind him but the president has to bring something forward. chris: i'm thinking there's a possible deal there where boehner says i can release enough people for to you join your side, and you can get it passed. >> the tea party has been folded into the republican party them. don't like it. but -- chris: here we go, the big question for the president. does he go hard left, push for big tax increases on the rich? hold out for the toughest, most progressive program which will be applauded by the people on the left and say, they're already
president obama is lucky to have john boehner on the other side that have table because john bainer is not a crazy person. and he can work a deal. right now he simply does not have the votes. but -- again, the president does have to lead here. he has to bring something to the table. he has to be willing to give some that so that john boehner can bring his people to the table, too. but he can deliver. he's been mischaracterized i think. it's convenient for the white house to say, oh, boehner...
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this general john allen, who has taken over petraeus' job in afghanistan, may have sent 30,000 pages of e-mail to this tampa socialite -- >> or not. >> there is an interesting term, "tampa socialite." general allen is in charge of the fate of 82,000 u.s. troops. he does not have the time to -- >> well, i don't know about that. i don't know the content of those e-mails. i don't know those things. we don't know the nature of that relationship. this is a different relationship between allen and jill kelley and petraeus and broadwell. >> nina, why did the justice department tell the white house what was going on? -- why didn't the justice department tell the white house what was going on? >> if they had we would all be screaming cover-up. one of the things griffin bell insisted on is that he be told when a high level people were under investigation but he did not tell the president. the whole point was to have an honest investigation without compromising the president or the investigation. >> margaret, there was an election going hundron. >> there was, and i agree with nina. you have to
this general john allen, who has taken over petraeus' job in afghanistan, may have sent 30,000 pages of e-mail to this tampa socialite -- >> or not. >> there is an interesting term, "tampa socialite." general allen is in charge of the fate of 82,000 u.s. troops. he does not have the time to -- >> well, i don't know about that. i don't know the content of those e-mails. i don't know those things. we don't know the nature of that relationship. this is a different...
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. >> well, let me say i love john boehner like a brother, i don't envy him the position he is in. but i am also reminded of what ronald reagan taught us years ago, good policy makes good politics, john boehner needs to emphasis economic growth, is the way to get increased revenue. and there is two ways to -- two imperatives, dress down reduce, and discipline our government run among so there is confidence to grow in private sector then a tax system that accommodates that growth. if you will dress a tax system of this country, from the point of view of what is fair, have you taken the most simple minded way to address taxes. taxes are about raising the necessary revenue to fund the minimum, i if effective governmt that does interfere with growth of private sector, to to so in such a way as to encourage the maximum growth of the private sector is where you get maximum revenue. neil: we're at this cliff, possibility, republicans are under pressure, president said, i'm not budging, -- he left open some details, but he certainly want toss raise taxes on the rich. i guess they can decid
. >> well, let me say i love john boehner like a brother, i don't envy him the position he is in. but i am also reminded of what ronald reagan taught us years ago, good policy makes good politics, john boehner needs to emphasis economic growth, is the way to get increased revenue. and there is two ways to -- two imperatives, dress down reduce, and discipline our government run among so there is confidence to grow in private sector then a tax system that accommodates that growth. if you...
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nancy pelosi and john boehner met with the president this morning. with six weeks left to go, work has to be done quickly. rebecca is live with more on the talks. >> the calendar is showing it is just a few weeks until we fall off the so-called fiscal cliff. that is when extended unemployment benefits will expire, tax cuts will expire, and the automatic spending cuts will go into effect. today congressional leaders were promising they would meet the deadline. >> inside the white house republican house speaker john boehner and president obama sat side by side both insisting they want and will find macdill. >> our challenge is to make sure that we are able to cooperate, work together, find common ground, make some tough compromises, build some consensus to do the people's business. >> coming out of the meeting are rare image of bipartisan ship. >> we have the recognition that every person in america knows we would not reach agreement. >> we are prepared to put everything on the table provided we fixed the problem. however, we are in the dilemma we are
nancy pelosi and john boehner met with the president this morning. with six weeks left to go, work has to be done quickly. rebecca is live with more on the talks. >> the calendar is showing it is just a few weeks until we fall off the so-called fiscal cliff. that is when extended unemployment benefits will expire, tax cuts will expire, and the automatic spending cuts will go into effect. today congressional leaders were promising they would meet the deadline. >> inside the white...
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message that indicates some willingness to negotiate on things including entitlements and use of speaker john boehner say he does not want to raise tax rates but he is open to additional revenues. that is the sights and sounds of leaders beginning to show some flexibility. >> we heard a number of republican governors at the rga in last vegas this week set -- suggests that republican members of congress may have to be open to tax increases for the wealthy. there is there a reasonable deal that can be made? guest: many republicans have signaled a willingness to look at new revenues on the table. many of those have been ambiguous as to exactly what form that would take. some of that discussion has focused on whether there should be an increase in the rate for so-called wealthy americans. others have talked more about getting additional revenues through capping deduction exemptions, credits, exclusions and the like. it is not clear what form this additional revenue will take but it is noteworthy that some republicans and even some significant conservative commentators have said yes, some addition
message that indicates some willingness to negotiate on things including entitlements and use of speaker john boehner say he does not want to raise tax rates but he is open to additional revenues. that is the sights and sounds of leaders beginning to show some flexibility. >> we heard a number of republican governors at the rga in last vegas this week set -- suggests that republican members of congress may have to be open to tax increases for the wealthy. there is there a reasonable deal...
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i saw a picture of john boehner, this cartoon holdingter, john ehner the football and saying to me."a "trust >> there was an election on november 6 and the democrats did the parade who gis here? -- did not do that at e. who gives here? >> everybody has to giveve. >> it is true. of cannot tax your way out cannot slash you out of this get debt. you have to do both. >> gradually. >>>> the president seems to be deal -- a two-for-one every $1 of tax increase, he expenses by $2. . 1-2-3on-bowles had a ratio. republicans want zero. >> the business community does want us to go over the cliff. >> if he uses different -- orage, whether their republicans amenable to an increase in taxes -- >> use the word "revenue." >> you have e an nancy pelosi taking the position that it $1 million, not $250,000. said make itas $500,000. movement ise the going to come. >> we are nibbling at the edges. know, but that is where comes.ement >> i is there a deal behind clod doors that that we don't know about? i don't think so. posturing at this point. >> the tea party is not as was.g as it the memberswho came bac
i saw a picture of john boehner, this cartoon holdingter, john ehner the football and saying to me."a "trust >> there was an election on november 6 and the democrats did the parade who gis here? -- did not do that at e. who gives here? >> everybody has to giveve. >> it is true. of cannot tax your way out cannot slash you out of this get debt. you have to do both. >> gradually. >>>> the president seems to be deal -- a two-for-one every $1 of tax...
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john stossel says al gore could be on to something. i trust john is not "on" something. >>guest: it creeps me out to agree with al gore about much of anything but, look, if you are taxing people, better to tax carbon than investments or wages the global warming hysteria is certainly his tear yeah but, carbon has a cost and con impression and solution and it is not a terrible idea. >> so you are picking and choosing your less expensive choices. >> yes, because we do need taxes for something even if it is only defense and where are you going do get it? better to tax consumption. >>neil: i see way saying. wouldn't that, though, hurt that industry? >>guest: a little bit. fewer people would drive, the roads would be less congested. >>neil: you could raise a lot of money. >>guest: depends on how high the tax is. it can be onerous for those driving long distances but they taking the money from us anyway, far better to shrink the government, they don't node this. >>neil: assuming you move from one gouging government to another area of gaming government. they just add gouging, ri
john stossel says al gore could be on to something. i trust john is not "on" something. >>guest: it creeps me out to agree with al gore about much of anything but, look, if you are taxing people, better to tax carbon than investments or wages the global warming hysteria is certainly his tear yeah but, carbon has a cost and con impression and solution and it is not a terrible idea. >> so you are picking and choosing your less expensive choices. >> yes, because we do...
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you have seen papa john's take a hit. if they continue down this path, there's going to be organized boycotts to hurt business and bottom line as well. the question is about a $5 to $8 million cost for a company with operating expenses of $1.3 billion. so it's minuscule. he's trying to make a political point. for instance, there's minimum wage requirements. and this is what the obama care is about. if you have 50 employees, you're required to pay for their health care coverage or pay a penalty. papa john's can pay the penalty. but he's making a political point. because he doesn't have to make this decision for another year. the law takes place in 2014. if he's trying to do it right after the election as a try of making a point. >> president obama is meeting with business leaders on wednesday. do you think this is going to come up? this pushback against obama care? >> sure. we got a hint of how this is playing out when john boehner told abc that it's now the law of the land. for some reason, republicans are still invested
you have seen papa john's take a hit. if they continue down this path, there's going to be organized boycotts to hurt business and bottom line as well. the question is about a $5 to $8 million cost for a company with operating expenses of $1.3 billion. so it's minuscule. he's trying to make a political point. for instance, there's minimum wage requirements. and this is what the obama care is about. if you have 50 employees, you're required to pay for their health care coverage or pay a penalty....
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. >>> papa john is getting sued $250 million for sending to too many text messages. they were sending 16 messages in row after someone placed a order. the problem is, evidently papa john never got permission from the customers on the send the text. it is blaming mass text message service for the problem. >> people deserve it for ordering papa john's in the first place. i'm from new york. we have real pizza. papa john's, tastes like cardboard. you deserve it for not knowing good pizza, people. melissa: that is harsh. >> win recipient complains they got 15 texts in middle of the night. i get that from some woman who is upset with me. >> crazy people texting you in the night? >> evenly people making money will be trial lawyers. there is no $250 million in damage going on here. forget it. >> i don't know. have you ever been harassed by sales calls on your phone? it is really irritating. i think these guys deserve $250 million. >> you incur costs. >> you know, the cell phone is the last main safe harbor from junk mail, junk calls. it is disappearing. melissa: it is disapp
. >>> papa john is getting sued $250 million for sending to too many text messages. they were sending 16 messages in row after someone placed a order. the problem is, evidently papa john never got permission from the customers on the send the text. it is blaming mass text message service for the problem. >> people deserve it for ordering papa john's in the first place. i'm from new york. we have real pizza. papa john's, tastes like cardboard. you deserve it for not knowing good...
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nobody better to talk about it is john hofmeister. john, it is a pleasure to have you here. now, is it credible, first of all the report, we will overtake the saudis? >> report is credible. the iea is smart, good analysts. we have the reserves, no question we have the reserves. in the ground today. number two, we have the technology to get the reserves out of the ground. and number three, we have the money to pay for it. >> right. >> capital exists. >> will the capital be spent? i want to go back. i want to backtrack because i know you are so good at this. with you l the capital be -- so far it has been invested. is that fair? >> it has been invested on private lands, private property owners giving up mineral rights under state permits but something is about to change. that everybody needs to be mindful of. we are about to arrest all of this oil field development when the epa completes their long awaited three-year stud, started at 2010. and it is due in january. to essentially remand the states from taking the variable approach they take on fracking and hydraulic to put a c
nobody better to talk about it is john hofmeister. john, it is a pleasure to have you here. now, is it credible, first of all the report, we will overtake the saudis? >> report is credible. the iea is smart, good analysts. we have the reserves, no question we have the reserves. in the ground today. number two, we have the technology to get the reserves out of the ground. and number three, we have the money to pay for it. >> right. >> capital exists. >> will the capital...
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house speaker john boehner offered a compromise in week in which he says i am willing to put more revenue on to the table but with through closing deductions end gd loopholes not through raising rates. can you accept a compromise as part of the whole deal that doesn't raise the push tax rate on the wealthy? >> how much revenue are we going to generate as part of a balanced package. in their framework they assume the amount of revenue as if we started tax reform from a 39 percent rate. that is part of their built in assumption. i am all for doing tax reform. the issue is from what starting point. i think the bowl starting point which assumies that revenue fro 39 percent is the right way to go to get the mix they got in hitting their deficit reduction target. if what speaker boehner was saying he was truly willing to get office ready we begin to work with one another. if what he is simply saying is what republicans used to say which is we are going to lower rate on the wealthy and that will somehow generate -- >> he was talking about closing loopholes and deductions. >> the jury is out stil
house speaker john boehner offered a compromise in week in which he says i am willing to put more revenue on to the table but with through closing deductions end gd loopholes not through raising rates. can you accept a compromise as part of the whole deal that doesn't raise the push tax rate on the wealthy? >> how much revenue are we going to generate as part of a balanced package. in their framework they assume the amount of revenue as if we started tax reform from a 39 percent rate....
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already we're seeing certainly that in the case of john boehner and the big question for everyone is whether or not he can get his rather radical troops in the house in line. they have to make a deal. they will make a deal. the business community that supports both parties wants a deal. i am hoping that the president will hold to his principles this time and get a deal that is good for the country. the republicans will have to give up a lot. we're seeing signs that they might. >>tavis: you said to three thins that you always do when you open your mouth. let me pick on some things and get you back on package. tell me what you believe republicans will not do the opposite of compromise which is to dig their heels in. when somebody takes this kind of shocking, there are two ways to respond, gracefully or arrogant way. pompously. tell me why you believe they are not going to dig their heels in, looking there ones after this election verses compromising and getting along with the president regrets over the long term the me not and they may well dig their heels in. we do not know yet and i
already we're seeing certainly that in the case of john boehner and the big question for everyone is whether or not he can get his rather radical troops in the house in line. they have to make a deal. they will make a deal. the business community that supports both parties wants a deal. i am hoping that the president will hold to his principles this time and get a deal that is good for the country. the republicans will have to give up a lot. we're seeing signs that they might. >>tavis:...
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john mccain in 2001 called for closing the gun show loophole. john mccain in 2001 was pushing for a patient's bill of rights. in 2001 he was flirting with abandoning the republican party and running as an independent in 2004 or even switching to the democratic party. that was john mccain exacting his version on veef revenge fro beating him in 2000. this is a grouchy guy that came back to the senate to use that seat because of sour grapes. i'm just sick of it. >> for many of us, this is not a political issue, and for many of us this is not revenge. there are legitimate questions whether you believe it or not, and there is some evidence that things aren't quite on the up and up. we're getting to the bottom of it. straight ahead, the stock markets respond to the talks at the white house today. in the guest spot a top money manager who oversees billions tells us what he's watching for. gecko (clearing throat) thank you, mr. speaker, uh, members of congress. in celebration of over 75 years of our government employees insurance company, or geico...as
john mccain in 2001 called for closing the gun show loophole. john mccain in 2001 was pushing for a patient's bill of rights. in 2001 he was flirting with abandoning the republican party and running as an independent in 2004 or even switching to the democratic party. that was john mccain exacting his version on veef revenge fro beating him in 2000. this is a grouchy guy that came back to the senate to use that seat because of sour grapes. i'm just sick of it. >> for many of us, this is...
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it seems like john mccain is taking on this role now. find anything you can and throw it at the wall. >> throw it at the president. the republicans have -- they don't have a lot of maneuvering room to be honest. because the president though he ended the war in iraq and is winding down the war in afghanistan, the president has, for a lot of progressives, been -- you know, has backed away from national policy. it's ones that mccain should like in many ways. if you want a select committee to investigate our national security, do it on a number of frameworks, but not susan rice and what she said on "meet the press." if you look at her interview, it was very cautious. she was given talking points by the cia. if anyone understands intelligence briefings, it used to be john mccain until he decided this was going to become a political witch hunt for him. don't get where he's heading except that a republican party wants to go after the president on this front. >> early days of the iraq war, it was mccain who used to complain about intelligence re
it seems like john mccain is taking on this role now. find anything you can and throw it at the wall. >> throw it at the president. the republicans have -- they don't have a lot of maneuvering room to be honest. because the president though he ended the war in iraq and is winding down the war in afghanistan, the president has, for a lot of progressives, been -- you know, has backed away from national policy. it's ones that mccain should like in many ways. if you want a select committee to...
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mccain, fell short of john mccain by a couple million votes, so what happened? >> look, i think their organizational structure was in place, but this again, to get to the way mr. romney ran his campaign. somebody made an interesting point to me this week and said, you know, the very end he wasn't enthusing big crowds, he was enthusing people who should have been with them from the start. and when he finally turned after the denver debate and finally got momentum. it wasn't enough time to bring in the undecided voters and people that were sort of marginal in the end because he spent so much of this time, campaign, instead letting obama define him and deciding to run a referendum campaign on the president. >> what about the minority vote, asians, hispanics, jason, they went even bigger numbers for president obama this year, than four years ago. >> oh, sure, i mean, that's-- he got, particularly latinos, this were more of them, they made up larger percentage of the electorate and won more of them. and that may have been the key, particularly in the swing states in
mccain, fell short of john mccain by a couple million votes, so what happened? >> look, i think their organizational structure was in place, but this again, to get to the way mr. romney ran his campaign. somebody made an interesting point to me this week and said, you know, the very end he wasn't enthusing big crowds, he was enthusing people who should have been with them from the start. and when he finally turned after the denver debate and finally got momentum. it wasn't enough time to...
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. >> reporter: john boehner proposed that leaders establish a framework in the next six weeks for widescale reform of the tax code, medicare and social security in 2013. the goal would be to set specific targets now for savings for those reforms. that would negate the need for deep spending cuts that are set to kick in on january 1st. >> take some deep breaths. >> reporter: while democrats balk at any intention of entitlement reform, nancy pelosi signals a new openness >> do we want to have saves from everything that we do? certainly. we need revenue, savings, and growth. >> reporter: she said there appeared to be interest among the leaders for a big deal, $4 trillion in deficit reduction along the lineups of the grand bargain -- lines of the grand bargain that fell apart between the president dent and john boehner last year. >>> tonight the shelves are empty. >> i'm just fighting for my rights and don't take away what i got. >> the twinkie is now a story of lost jobs. >> it's a childhood memory, definitely. >> in the creamy filling, there is also a lesson in nostalgia. why so many american
. >> reporter: john boehner proposed that leaders establish a framework in the next six weeks for widescale reform of the tax code, medicare and social security in 2013. the goal would be to set specific targets now for savings for those reforms. that would negate the need for deep spending cuts that are set to kick in on january 1st. >> take some deep breaths. >> reporter: while democrats balk at any intention of entitlement reform, nancy pelosi signals a new openness...
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congressman van hollen, john boehner offered a compromise this week where he said yes, i am willing to put more revenue on the table but through closing deductions, ending loopholes, not through raising rates. can you accept a compromise as part of this whole deal that doesn't raise the bush tax rate on the wealthy? >> well, here is the issue. how much revenue are we going to generate part of a balanced package? i take my lead on this from simpson-bowles and their framework. in their framework, they assume the amount of revenue as if you started tax reform from a 3% rate. that is part -- 39% rate. that's part of their built-in assumption. i am all for doing tax reform. the issue is from what starting point. the simpson-bowles starting point which assumes the revenue from 39% is the right way to go to get the mix that they got in hitting their deficit reduction target. but look, if what the speaker boehner was saying is that he is truly willing to get what we consider congressional budget office revenue, we can work with one another. if what he is saying is what a lot of republicans use
congressman van hollen, john boehner offered a compromise this week where he said yes, i am willing to put more revenue on the table but through closing deductions, ending loopholes, not through raising rates. can you accept a compromise as part of this whole deal that doesn't raise the bush tax rate on the wealthy? >> well, here is the issue. how much revenue are we going to generate part of a balanced package? i take my lead on this from simpson-bowles and their framework. in their...
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creeding to john boehner's authority, let be john boehner negotiate this deal. all speculation he will not get involved in the same level. certainly he will be briefed and make his opinions known but he's not going to try to tell john boehner you cannot get this through the conference. look at it from a broad perspective, from folks i've spoken to, eric cantor is thinking like this -- general belief and consensus is if the gop wants to get in 2014 that boehner will most likely walk away in 2016. if cantor can be a dutiful lieutenant until then he could until 2016 if the house republicans win with redistricting and the margins they have which looks possible, he could achieve his dream of becoming the first jewish speaker of the house. no reason to try to ascertain and go higher up like he did in 2011 which left a negative impression of him in a lot of folks' opinions. it's going to be interesting to see if he, in fact, does stay back and credes to boehner's authorities. from all the conversation that's what he seems to be doing. >> i love the mixed messages here.
creeding to john boehner's authority, let be john boehner negotiate this deal. all speculation he will not get involved in the same level. certainly he will be briefed and make his opinions known but he's not going to try to tell john boehner you cannot get this through the conference. look at it from a broad perspective, from folks i've spoken to, eric cantor is thinking like this -- general belief and consensus is if the gop wants to get in 2014 that boehner will most likely walk away in...
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john boehner shouldn't have a press conference. get john boehner at a small group of congressman together and say what can we work out? all we're doing is playing politics, everybody will get locked into one position or another, let's see what we can work out and then announce it is something we have agreed upon. that is the way you do it, instead you'rsteadier quebec thy politics that didn't produce what we needed to have. neil: what worries me is this hope is dashed. >> they should have put together a bipartisan group, all they're doing is put on defensive by the self-interest groups they are meeting with. does not make much sense. neil: they made it very clear, nothing from us. and he owes them, right? >> they got him reelected. neil: time is urgent, time to say time is wasting. >> who didn't have to completely ignore the political thank you, but if you sttrted off and have a couple of meetings with the leaders of the democrats in the house and the republicans in the house and in the senate, and do it on a bipartisan basis. the
john boehner shouldn't have a press conference. get john boehner at a small group of congressman together and say what can we work out? all we're doing is playing politics, everybody will get locked into one position or another, let's see what we can work out and then announce it is something we have agreed upon. that is the way you do it, instead you'rsteadier quebec thy politics that didn't produce what we needed to have. neil: what worries me is this hope is dashed. >> they should have...
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now general john allen. we now know that his lawyer says john allen will fully cooperate in the investigation. pentagon officials general allen insists he has done nothing wrong and that he did not have an affair with jill kelley, period. today defense secretary leon panetta told reporters do not jump to conclusions here. he says he still has confidence in general allen to command the u.s. forces and continue the fight in afghanistan. well, just in to us. earlier we were tell you it's expected that general petraeus, david petraeus would testify at some point before congress. well, four we have gotten definitive word. we now know that he will, indeed, testify before congress this friday, that is the plan, just in to fox news moments ago. well, as we reported earlier this hour, president obama today defended his plan to allow some the bush era tax cuts to expire for the wealthiest americans. they are all going to expire. and if someone doesn't want them to, the president has a veto pen. so really that's it. in
now general john allen. we now know that his lawyer says john allen will fully cooperate in the investigation. pentagon officials general allen insists he has done nothing wrong and that he did not have an affair with jill kelley, period. today defense secretary leon panetta told reporters do not jump to conclusions here. he says he still has confidence in general allen to command the u.s. forces and continue the fight in afghanistan. well, just in to us. earlier we were tell you it's expected...